Capitalist Lawyer
8th March 2006, 01:34
Talk about hitting the nail on the head!
Caution: May put your beliefs about society into question.
In our last article entitled "Why Can’t We Reform our Criminals" we talked about the upsurge of recidivism since the therapeutic mentality took over the task of transitioning criminals back into society. According to this group, it’s parents who didn’t attend every single soccer game, parents who didn’t tolerate their children’s individuality and let them be themselves, or in other words; parents who didn’t grant the kids’ every wish who are to blame. Plus, of course, another major factor is "Society" in general. We, as a society, just didn’t care enough, weren’t tolerant enough, and expected too much.
Gasp... there was even competition in schools and - gasp - children were actually grade-ranked on their academic performance. So, there’s the root cause of crime. It’s not the criminals’ fault! It’s everybody else’s fault. It’s society’s fault.
However, typical of the therapeutic mentality, they’ve got it all upside down. Studies have shown that those who chose crime - yes, they chose crime, it wasn’t the only alternative - did so because of the very things that are now accepted as normal child rearing patterns. Let the children "be themselves," don’t burden them with "unrealistic expectations" and when they inevitably make mistakes, don’t criticize them. Or at least blame the schools or society, but never, ever, ask the child to take responsibility for their own actions. Respect for parents and authority are just "old fashioned" notions. Instead, we should embrace the "progressive" notion that children already have within themselves all the knowledge they need. They don’t need the advice and counsel of grown-ups; they just need to be "empowered" to bring out their natural, inherent goodness. They won’t benefit from self-respect, but they’ll wither without self-esteem.
In order to bring out this inherent wisdom and goodness, they must never be allowed to compete; hence, grades in school should adjusted to make them feel good about themselves. Games and group activities should be re-framed as opportunities for everyone to be a winner. Note, we’re not talking about the sportsmanlike winner congratulating the loser for a good showing, but actually calling the loser a winner too. We shouldn’t reward observed excellence. That would be too judgmental. That would be too harsh.
Our language is reflecting this cultural change. Beware when you hear some of these.
"She just can’t handle disappointment." Translation: Spoiled brat; coddled by never having to acknowledge failure.
"He has ODD ." Translation: Spoiled brat whose lack of self-control has been pathologized by a pseudo-scientific label that gives him free rein to be a spoiled brat... usually at taxpayer expense. Also lets the parents off the responsibility hook.
"He only wants to be accepted." Translation: No matter what he does, we’re supposed to "celebrate" it. Wouldn’t it be great if we could say or do (or not do) anything we liked and everyone would "accept" us for "just being me" ?
"She doesn’t feel good about herself." Translation: Never, ever ask the child to shape up and take responsibility for their lives, but rather ask what we can do to help. We should consider any or all of the following: de-grade the school system, pervert family values, turn our own personalities upside down, all so that the children can feel good about themselves without actually growing up. Always give the impression that the only thing that matters is feeling good, not being good.
When we coddle kids from the cradle through seven years of college for a four-year degree, we can expect to get exactly what we created. The mild version is a population of aging, self-indulgent brats; the extreme version is violent criminals.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articl...ml?storyid=5931 (http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?storyid=5931)
Caution: May put your beliefs about society into question.
In our last article entitled "Why Can’t We Reform our Criminals" we talked about the upsurge of recidivism since the therapeutic mentality took over the task of transitioning criminals back into society. According to this group, it’s parents who didn’t attend every single soccer game, parents who didn’t tolerate their children’s individuality and let them be themselves, or in other words; parents who didn’t grant the kids’ every wish who are to blame. Plus, of course, another major factor is "Society" in general. We, as a society, just didn’t care enough, weren’t tolerant enough, and expected too much.
Gasp... there was even competition in schools and - gasp - children were actually grade-ranked on their academic performance. So, there’s the root cause of crime. It’s not the criminals’ fault! It’s everybody else’s fault. It’s society’s fault.
However, typical of the therapeutic mentality, they’ve got it all upside down. Studies have shown that those who chose crime - yes, they chose crime, it wasn’t the only alternative - did so because of the very things that are now accepted as normal child rearing patterns. Let the children "be themselves," don’t burden them with "unrealistic expectations" and when they inevitably make mistakes, don’t criticize them. Or at least blame the schools or society, but never, ever, ask the child to take responsibility for their own actions. Respect for parents and authority are just "old fashioned" notions. Instead, we should embrace the "progressive" notion that children already have within themselves all the knowledge they need. They don’t need the advice and counsel of grown-ups; they just need to be "empowered" to bring out their natural, inherent goodness. They won’t benefit from self-respect, but they’ll wither without self-esteem.
In order to bring out this inherent wisdom and goodness, they must never be allowed to compete; hence, grades in school should adjusted to make them feel good about themselves. Games and group activities should be re-framed as opportunities for everyone to be a winner. Note, we’re not talking about the sportsmanlike winner congratulating the loser for a good showing, but actually calling the loser a winner too. We shouldn’t reward observed excellence. That would be too judgmental. That would be too harsh.
Our language is reflecting this cultural change. Beware when you hear some of these.
"She just can’t handle disappointment." Translation: Spoiled brat; coddled by never having to acknowledge failure.
"He has ODD ." Translation: Spoiled brat whose lack of self-control has been pathologized by a pseudo-scientific label that gives him free rein to be a spoiled brat... usually at taxpayer expense. Also lets the parents off the responsibility hook.
"He only wants to be accepted." Translation: No matter what he does, we’re supposed to "celebrate" it. Wouldn’t it be great if we could say or do (or not do) anything we liked and everyone would "accept" us for "just being me" ?
"She doesn’t feel good about herself." Translation: Never, ever ask the child to shape up and take responsibility for their lives, but rather ask what we can do to help. We should consider any or all of the following: de-grade the school system, pervert family values, turn our own personalities upside down, all so that the children can feel good about themselves without actually growing up. Always give the impression that the only thing that matters is feeling good, not being good.
When we coddle kids from the cradle through seven years of college for a four-year degree, we can expect to get exactly what we created. The mild version is a population of aging, self-indulgent brats; the extreme version is violent criminals.
http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articl...ml?storyid=5931 (http://www.theconservativevoice.com/articles/article.html?storyid=5931)